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Interested in saving Pennsylvania’s most significant artifacts? The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts has opened a statewide call to libraries, museums, historic sites and archives to participate in a program to do just that. The program, Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Endangered Artifacts, is seeking nominations of inspiring historic items – drawings, paintings, manuscripts, rare … Continue reading →

Lonely Planet just named Philadelphia as one of their top 10 travel destinations for 2013. Philadelphia placed fourth on the list and was referred to as an art capital because of its world-renowned Museum of Art and new Barnes Museum but also for the city’s vibrant gallery scene. As someone who lives near Philadelphia, none … Continue reading →

A Henri Matisse painting entitled “Odalisque in Red Pants” from 1925 being sold for over a million dollars to undercover FBI agents by people in Miami is actually a missing painting that was stolen over 10 years ago according to ABC’s Miami affiliate WPLG. WPLG reported that the original was on display at the SofiaImberContemporaryArt … Continue reading →

Today our eyes are on Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery exhibit at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA. At this time of year, I wish that I was spending some vacation time in one of my favorite places, Florence, Italy. Florence has some of the most beautiful collections … Continue reading →

I went to see the Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art yesterday. I wasn’t aware of the theme of Arcadia, or earthly paradise, as represented in the arts and I think this made the exhibit even more interesting to me. Although the exhibition focuses on this theme in … Continue reading →

Today, we’re talking about… Andrew Wyeth’s Studio Tour. One of my favorite museums, the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA, is opening Andrew Wyeth’s Chadds Ford studio for tours on July 3rd. Betsy James Wyeth gave the museum the studio in 2010. The tour offers insights into Wyeth’s life, his working methods and sources of … Continue reading →

Today we’re talking about…Maurice Sendak: A Legacy. The work of this author and artist who passed away last month has been loved by both children and adults for decades and now everyone has the chance to see the largest exhibit of Sendak’s artwork at The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia. The year-long exhibit, Maurice … Continue reading →